# zmwangx/rust-ffmpeg

Safe FFmpeg wrapper.

Repository: https://github.com/zmwangx/rust-ffmpeg
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/rust-ffmpeg
Language: Rust
License: WTFPL
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-05T00:48:09+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 88/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 96, release rhythm 72, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2911, "days_push": 29, "days_rel": 29, "gap_med": 169.5, "n_releases_24m": 3}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1983, forks 291 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:01.936646+00:00)

## What it is
A safe Rust wrapper around the FFmpeg C libraries, published as the ffmpeg-next crate. It is a fork of the abandoned rust-ffmpeg crate and is currently in maintenance mode, supporting FFmpeg 3.4 through 8.0.

## Use cases
- transcode video files from Rust
- extract audio tracks from video
- probe media file metadata
- encode and decode video frames in Rust
- build a media processing pipeline with FFmpeg bindings
- convert video formats programmatically

## When to choose
- you need FFmpeg functionality from Rust with a safe API
- you need compatibility with a wide range of FFmpeg versions
- you want a maintained fork of the abandoned ffmpeg crate

## When to avoid
- you need new FFmpeg APIs ported quickly, since the crate is maintenance-only
- you prefer shelling out to the ffmpeg CLI instead of linking libraries
- you need active feature development or API improvements

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: video-processing, audio-processing, image-processing, sdk
- domain: media, developer-tools
- platform: rust, cross-platform
- tags: ffmpeg, bindings, multimedia, safe-wrapper, transcoding, video, audio

## Member repositories
- zmwangx/rust-ffmpeg (main) score 88

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:01.936646+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:03:31.739247+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/zmwangx/rust-ffmpeg (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:01.936646+00:00, sha fa1f1b3b2227)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.